---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2021 regular and extraordinary sessions. -"
description: "Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2021 regular and extraordinary sessions. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1707"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1707 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Statutes and Codification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c820f88-7cef-447a-9c93-2ca0b1646046"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1707&GA=112"
source_hash: "badb21e94575aa869bc7abdb6d5cc802c2f86a0923895d0a13ad908580c9f054"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 1707 (112) — Statutes and Codification - As enacted, codifies the Acts of the 2021 regular and extraordinary sessions. -

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1707.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **81–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (2) — **81–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 1/31/2022 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/2/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/25/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-12** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-13** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-19** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 1/26/2022
- **2022-01-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 1/25/2022
- **2022-01-19** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-01-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-01-26** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 2/2/2022
- **2022-01-27** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 1/31/2022
- **2022-01-31** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-01-31** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/10/2022
- **2022-02-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-02-14** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 0, PNV 9 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-02-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-02-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-02-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-02-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 620
- **2022-03-07** Effective date(s) 02/28/2022
- **2022-03-07** Pub. Ch. 620

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c820f88-7cef-447a-9c93-2ca0b1646046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).